Rebecca Zarate

Dr. Rebecca Zarate is the Associate Dean for Research, professor of Arts and Health, licensed creative arts therapist and music psychotherapist, and director of the Arts and Health Innovation Research Lab, in the College of Fine Arts at The University of Utah, USA. She is internationally known for clinical research on music , arts-based research, arts and anxiety and stress responses using improvisation within empirical research frameworks. She is an accomplished musician and creative arts researcher. Her research profile extends across peer-reviewed journals, self – authored book on Music Psychotherapy and Anxiety in Social, Community, and Clinical Contexts, published by Jessica Kingsley. Dr. Zarate is a member of several national and international research networks, and is the co-editor for the international open – access journal, Creative Arts in education and Therapy: Bridging East and West Perspectives.